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MdmMoisel wrote:Thats probably not a good idea.You don't know what the reader is thinking or what her perspective is, so how can you speak for her? Specially when you've sentences like 'i know you may think'..If I were reading it, I'd be like..whoa!!
Yeshomestyle28 wrote:I always think that those kind of sentences invite the reader to think "and I may not". If you have to keep the sentence, use the impersonal "one might think".
I always think to myself, this person sounds confident. Future litigator?homestyle28 wrote:I always think that those kind of sentences invite the reader to think "and I may not". If you have to keep the sentence, use the impersonal "one might think".
I suppose that's the other side of the coin. I've always gotten conflicting feedback about confidence and tone in writing. Do you say, "It seems to me that X is the case" or "Clearly, X is the case"? Might come down to personal tastes.ahduth wrote:I always think to myself, this person sounds confident. Future litigator?homestyle28 wrote:I always think that those kind of sentences invite the reader to think "and I may not". If you have to keep the sentence, use the impersonal "one might think".